Mises Institute
Thursday, October 2, 2025
 
 
Trump’s National Guard Deployments Centralize Power and Undermine Federalism
Ryan McMaken
For those who are actually concerned about the further concentration of political power, the president’s habit of sending federal troops to American cities is a serious problem.
 
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The Complicated Legacy of Andrew Jackson’s Bank War
Tyler Turman & Mae Webster
Was Jackson’s victory over the Second Bank of the United States a triumph for liberty, or did it merely expand federal authority under the guise of constraining it? His legacy is complicated, but there is much we can learn from it.
 
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How the Fourteenth Amendment Empowers Judicial Activism
 
It federalizes everything.
 
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A Rothbardian Analysis of the Constitutional Convention
 
The Convention was a project by the elite to centralize power.
 
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America’s “Great Men” and the Constitutional Convention

The nationalists in favor of a new constitution in 1787 sent their richest, most schooled, and most “distinguished” men, which led to government expansion.

 
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The Triumphant Foreign Policy of Warren G. Harding
Either overlooked or seen as an inferior president, Harding wanted to see the end of war and a return to a more traditional American foreign policy.
 
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James Comey Insists the FBI Isn’t Evil, It’s Only “Grossly Incompetent”
The FBI’s actions regarding the FISA court and spying on a 2016 campaign member were either gross negligence or intentional harm.
 
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Trump, Comey, and the Long History of the Unelected Government

 
Who really runs America?
 
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Hayek for the 21st Century—Our New 100,000 Book Giveaway
 
Hayek for the 21st Century is a primer for the layperson, introducing a new generation of readers to Hayek’s writings and hopefully avoiding the 20th century’s mistakes in the 21st century.
 
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